White Castle Building No. 8
- Year
- 1936
- Style
- Commercial Vernacular
- City
- Twin Cities, MN
White Castle Building No. 8 is a 1936 prefabricated, porcelain-enamel White Castle restaurant in Minneapolis, an early example of the fast-food building type. It is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
the building
Porcelain-enamel prefab. Built in 1936, the structure is a prefabricated building clad in porcelain enamel, part of White Castle's early standardized restaurant design.
the style
Commercial Vernacular (c. 1850–1930): The American Main Street block: brick fronts with big glass storefronts below, regular windows and a decorated cornice above.
More on Commercial Vernacularsignificance
Building No. 8 is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an early example of fast-food building architecture.
nearby
- Redeemer Missionary Baptist Church
- Walker Library
- Lakewood Cemetery Memorial Chapel
- Hosmer Library
- Purcell-Cutts House
- Minneapolis Institute of Art